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The Cop and the Anthem by O.Henry

by: Roy Trumbull

Publication date: 2007-01-07

Usage: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs

Topics: Soapy, O.Henry, Cop and Anthem

Winter is a coming in and Soapy must leave his park bench and seek refuge on the Island (Riker's) where the cells are warm and the meals regular. Try as he might he just can't seem to get arrested.
A modern gentleman seeking to emmulate the fictional Soapy appeared in an article in the 2nd Business Section of the New Yorks Times for Sunday Jan 7, 2007.
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